英汉委婉语之对比

The Contrast of English and Chinese Euphemism

各种文化背景下的语言中都有委婉语,它是一种普遍的语言现象,它有自己特有的源泉和构成手段,在不同的社会里按照一定的轨迹不断变化发展。同时作为一种文化现象,它折射出东西方的不同社会心理和社会习俗。对比分析英汉委婉语有助于学习英语和进行跨文化交际。

Euphemism, as a common linguistic phenomenon, exists in languages of different cultural hackgrounds, it has its own peculiar source and formation, and it changes and develops continuously according to certain principles. Meanwhile, euphemism is also a cultural phenomenon, which mirrors different social psychology and social customs in eastern and western countries. Contrasting and analyzing the euphemism is helpful to English learning and cross-cultural communication